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posted at 10:55 pm on September 13, 2012 by Allahpundit

After days of protests and related violence, concerns are growing that furor over an anti-Islam video could intensify even more Friday — threatening U.S. interests abroad and at home…

Worries about Friday, in particular, stem from the fact Muslims hold weekly prayers that day — and may congregate afterward and march on U.S. diplomatic missions.

“We are in a full-court press at every single one of the posts in the Middle East and anywhere else there is any chance of demonstrations after Friday services to make sure nothing bad happens. And to have the security in place in case bad things do happen,” one senior U.S. official said.

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear on Thursday that the U.S. government had nothing to do with an anti-Muslim film she personally finds “disgusting and reprehensible” as protests over it spread to Yemen after assaults on embassy compounds in Egypt and Libya.

“The United States government had absolutely nothing to do with this video,” Clinton said alongside Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Saad-Eddine Al-Otmani at the State Department. “… We have the greatest respect for people of faith… this video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion and to promote rage.”

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Speaking to an international religious freedom conference in Washington Wednesday, Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough endorsed efforts to create “a world where the dignity of all people—and all faiths—is respected.”

[W]hy did I tweet that Bacile should be in jail? The “free speech” in Bacile’s film is not about expressing a personal opinion about Islam. It denigrates the religion by depicting the faith’s founder in several ludicrous and historically inaccurate scenes to incite and inflame viewers. Even the film’s actors say they were duped.

Bacile’s movie is not the first to denigrate a religious figure, nor will it be the last. The Last Temptation of Christ was protested vigorously. The difference is that Bacile indirectly and inadvertently inflamed people half a world away, resulting in the deaths of U.S. Embassy personnel…

What, exactly, does Romney mean by “American values”? The embassy never apologized for free speech or diplomatic sovereignty. The only American offense it criticized was the movie’s “bigotry” and “efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.” Does Romney regard this criticism as an “apology for American values”? Is bigotry an American value? Is it weak or un-American to repudiate slurs against Muslims?

I don’t know where you were born, Mr. Romney (just kidding!), but where I come from, there’s nothing more American than recognizing the idiocy of a man’s views and, at the same time, his right to express them. If you can’t tell the difference between those two things, the main threat to our values right now isn’t President Obama, the Egyptians, the Libyans, or our diplomats in Cairo. It’s you.

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Who are the idiots who made the video and put it on YouTube?When do we meet them?They should be charged with murder.

I have to say it’s a little unseemly for our government to officially take a position on a YouTube video, even one that sparked an international crisis. It’s even more unseemly that our government is taking the same position on that film as the people who just killed our ambassador in Benghazi…

The West will not, cannot, change its laws to accommodate anybody’s emotions, especially not people on the other side of the planet who replace our flag with the Al Qaeda flag and murder our diplomats.The Internet will always be offensive and our First Amendment will not be repealed. The longer it takes for Middle Easterners to understand this and adjust, the more people are going to die.

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It’s a modern marvel to witness how thoroughly the country’s journalists and commentators have, over the past decade, internalized false notions about Muslims, violence, and free expression. For instance, that depicting the historical figure of Muhammad is untenable blasphemy (see the Muhammad Image Archive for a repository of rejoinders); that the mere discussion about the proposed portrayal of a cartoon Muhammad bear-suit should be avoided at all costs in order to avoid a potential spasm of Mideast violence; and that retreating so abjectly from the defense of free speech will somehow make the world a safer place…

Which is ultimately why the embassy’s pre-emptive apology for private speech is so self-defeating. Not only are you encouraging the easily offended to lower their outrage bar still further—and thus perpetuating the cycle of stifled speech in the free and democratic West—you are reinforcing the pernicious idea that expression in the United States is sanctioned by the government until stated otherwise.

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“[We are trying to] promote democracy in places that do not have any values for civilized societies, values like respecting minorities and women’s rights and an independent judiciary and rule of law. How much longer do we now support and fund Sharia democracy?”

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The Mohammedans are laughing at you America you and your WIMP USURPER President. They attacked TWO of your embassies SIMULTANEOUSLY on the anniversary of 9/11 and your pathetic REGIME was apologizing to THEM even BEFORE the attacks took place.

Don’t believe me look at the time line the US Egyptian Embassy issued its USURPER inspired, pathetic, wimpish, weasel like sniveling apology for American Free Speech BEFORE the Embassy was attacked.

The USURPER has turned the USA in to a laughing stock all over the world.

The REGIME wants you to believe that an obscure little online movie trailer was the cause of this what a JOKE that is .Why were all the Egyptians and Libyans shouting ‘”There are Billions of OSAMAS- Obama”. Who CO-ORDINATED the attacks who told them to chant OSAMA BIN LADENS name. Its the USURPER’s and the DUMBOCRATS constant football SPIKING mantra of ‘I KILLED OSAMA’ that has them riled up.

This is all the logical, almost inevitable, and easily foreseeable outcome of all America’s bowing scraping to Islam and Muslims, in Afcrapistan and Iraq and throughout the middle east. The fact that our own army and marine traitorous, oath breaking, sons of #itches generals have been in the front of all this bowing and scraping has made it even worse.

Needless to day, Michele Bachmann has been vindicated (again). With Shrillary under the influence of a muslim brotherhood apologist, I can only assume they have no intention of defending America from them.

Bette Midler and the rest of the media have fully bought into the idea that Islamists are “Noble Savages”.

batterup on September 13, 2012 at 11:04 PM

If they’re so noble, I dare her to take her act to the Middle East and do a tour there. This is a prime example why the left can never be handed the responsibility of our national security ever again. They would gladly repeal the First Amendment in this country just to placate a few thousand religious fanatics overseas. I never thought in a million years that Sharia Law was possible in this country, but it’s weeks like this that make me feel otherwise.

Water is wet, the sky is blue and Muslims are burning things and chanting death to this and that while the dhimmi progressives cry over us conservatives calling out the “religion of peace” for it’s savagery and brutality.

Oh yes, Obama was going to heal the world and all fires were going to quit smoking and stop burning and we all were going to be one big kumbaya. May all the fools who brung him burn in Hell, and never be forgiven.

Attention!!! General Petraeus here. I condemn the action of the individual in the United States who made a film disrespecting the Great Prophet Mohammad. That action was hateful. It was intolerant, and it was extremely disrespectful. I condemn the actions of a small number of individuals who have been extremely disrespectful to the Holy Qur’an. Together with our Muslim Partners in Peace, we must secure and serve the people of the Muslim world.

According to his prepared remarks released by the White House, he then added: “This work takes on added urgency given the truly abhorrent video that has offended so many people–Muslims, and non-Muslims alike—in our country and around the world.”

…the fact that Muslims are killing Christian countrymen in some of these middle eastern countries hasn’t been abhorrent for how long now?

The “free speech” in Bacile’s film is not about expressing a personal opinion about Islam. It denigrates the religion by depicting the faith’s founder in several ludicrous and historically inaccurate scenes to incite and inflame viewers.

… this:

The “free speech” in Bacile’s film is not about expressing a personal opinion about Islam.

… is not supported by this:

It denigrates the religion by depicting the faith’s founder in several ludicrous and historically inaccurate scenes to incite and inflame viewers.

… so this:

Anthea Butler is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

… because of all that, and also this:

While the First Amendment right to free expression is important, it is also important to remember that other countries and cultures do not have to understand or respect our right.

… should be this:

Anthea Butler is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Oh yes, Obama was going to heal the world and all fires were going to quit smoking and stop burning and we all were going to be one big kumbaya. May all the fools who brung him burn in Hell, and never be forgiven.

Schadenfreude on September 13, 2012 at 11:11 PM

Correction, the Chinese are going to try to take an island from Japan. Odds are that the Japanese are not going to be intimidated by China and not going to just roll over.

Just checked tomorrow’s schedule for Dear Preezy .. (since he IS back in DC tonight)
“no public schedule”.
Will he actually HOLD a foreign policy mtg ??
Would the China situation merit that ??

pambi on September 13, 2012 at 11:05 PM

Tomorrow , as in Friday tomorrow , right ?
We can’t expect Hussein to disrespect mooHAMmad and meet with kafirs on a Friday when muslims all over the world are outside US Embassies going all muslimy , which may be broadcast live for his enjoyment .

General Casey here! Stand at ease. Smoke ‘um if you got ’em. No mater how tragic the untimely death of a few Americans might be to some, we must not let this affect the diversity of those who watch our embassies, as if we did, that would be a much greater tragedy.

The State Department is a joke. A lethal one. As recently as June of this year following an attack on the Benghazi embassy, the officials there were asking for greater security. To whom did they apparently turn?

The bombing will revive concerns about the lack of security in Libya, where the weak authorities are still struggling to restore stability after last year’s revolt and where arms and explosives are easily available.

In the past two months, there have been armed attacks on the offices of the Red Cross in Benghazi and on a convoy carrying the head of the United Nations mission to Libya.

Tuesday’s attack was the first time a U.S. facility had been targeted since Gadhafi was overthrown.

“We have asked the Libyan government to increase its security around U.S. facilities,” the official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli told Reuters.

At the time of this week’s attacks the Benghazi embassy still lacked reinforced doors and bulletproof glass. It took the rioters less than 15 minutes to gain access and all the Iraqi “security” people outside apparently fled. Well done, Hill!

I feel like I’m in bizarro world. Here we have a deranged mob of lunatics, rioting and murdering over a silly video, and the focus here is on the bloody filmmaker!! Who, of course, has now been outed by his own gov’t and is probably living in fear for his life. The Islamic extremist mindset killed those people, not some movie, yet in order to not set off the barbarians no one can say that. Unbelievable.

The REGIME wants you to believe that an obscure little online movie trailer was the cause of this what a JOKE that is .Why were all the Egyptians and Libyans shouting ‘”There are Billions of OSAMAS- Obama”. Who CO-ORDINATED the attacks who told them to chant OSAMA BIN LADENS name. Its the USURPER’s and the DUMBOCRATS constant football SPIKING mantra of ‘I KILLED OSAMA’ that has them riled up.

RasThavas on September 13, 2012 at 10:58 PM

…the films been out for a while…and Hill has been talking about a shiny film all day today. Can’t find her ambassador for 8 hours…but found a film!

Hmmm, how long until the correct response re the video is that it’s irrelevant?

Islam is not a new religion, so it’s past time we had ‘the talk’ with them. It has to happen and best it happens soon. The only question is how many people will die between now and then. Not everyone will like you Islam and some people may mock you. That doesn’t give you the right to attack them. Is this a different message than we teach our children? If we expect less from followers of Islam than we do any other religion, aren’t we discriminating against them?

There’s a reset button that hasn’t been used yet. Pray we don’t find the need to push it.

It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose, to denigrate a great religion

I wonder what part of it Hillary finds most awesomest. Is it the female genital mutilation? Is it the constant theme to kill Jews, Christians and polytheists? Is it all them virgins you get to have in Muslim heaven if you kill enough non Muslims? Just what is it that sets Hillary’s heart a flutter when she ponders Islam?

Water is wet, the sky is blue and Muslims are burning things and chanting death to this and that while the dhimmi progressives cry over us conservatives calling out the “religion of peace” for it’s savagery and brutality.

Yup, just another normal day…

Yakko77 on September 13, 2012 at 11:10 PM

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “The Wages of Sin is Death.”

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “If you don’t work you die.”

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once
more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool’s bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made clear on Thursday that the U.S. government had nothing to do with an anti-Muslim film she personally finds “disgusting and reprehensible” as protests over it spread to Yemen after assaults on embassy compounds in Egypt and Libya.

Wait till she she sees the new video that I’m producing and directing, called Pissing on a Prophet, including a variety of different kinds of individuals, actors all, pissing on a poster of Mohammed, dressed in drag. We’ll have, in consecutive scenes, a homeless man, a priest, a rabbi, a woman in a bikini, another woman in a burkha, a guy in a suit with a briefcase, and ending with an Arkansas Razorback fan dressed in full costume, all pissing on the poster. As the credits roll, there’s a montage of the cast stuffing bacon in their mouths, while singing We are the Champions.

True, the Chinese are basically telegraphing their belief that Obama is going to loose. Last week they said that Romney’s economic positions would be detrimental to US-Chinese relations. So they are attempting to take advantage of events in the Middle East that they believe will have America, shall we say, distracted.

JPeterman,, don’t know your full story. Only bits and pieces. From your posts, I gather some.

Your posts are lucid and poinant, always. I enjoy them.

I don’t know why assume, but somehow I figure you have an important story that needs told.

I apologize for being presumptous enough to say so.

wolly4321 on September 13, 2012 at 11:22 PM

I actually started a story about something that happened to my family about 3 months after the Velvet Revolution called “The Crate” while I was flying home. I’m going to get that blog started if it kills me :)

No excuse for the bs I’ve been reading and seen on Drudge today. No freaking excuse. This administration is a failure on all counts of epic proportions. Rid the land of them in November. Get busy talking anyone you can into helping us rid the land of this stain! No more silence! Strangers, friends, family, talk their ears off. Motivate them to lose this pariah of a President! The worst ever! Lose him like a bad case of…………………..Now!!!

“For the last several weeks, the Romney campaign has been in touch with the intelligence community to arrange intelligence briefings for Gov. Romney and Rep. Ryan, consistent with tradition,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. “They will begin next week and, beyond that, we will have no further comment.”

The announcement comes after Romney officials said Wednesday that the candidate had not received intelligence briefings.

Romney has condemned the Obama administration’s handling of the Libya crisis, but he too has been criticized for issuing a statement on the incident before the White House and before all the details were known.

Romney has maintained that it is never “too early” to condemn attacks like those in Libya that left four Americans dead this week.

No more Maplethorpes and anti-christian polemics. Fair is fair. If the “prophet” is off limits in America then so is Christ. And so is Israel. A lot of people believe that modern Israel is a biblical prophecy. If we can’t critique islam then we can’t critique Zionism. Fair is fair.

1. Blame the Jews.
2. Stone a Goat in the public square for Mocking Allah.
3. Let the Goat rot in the sun awhile before you mate with it.
4. Now wrap the Goat in your Prayer Rug.
5. Jump around like a chimp and blame the Jews for your dead Goat.
6. Throw all your stinky shoes at it, which is to say, throw all your shoes at it.
7. Unwrap your Prayer rug and rub your wife’s burka on it. This will mask the stinky Goat smell.

Finally: Blame the Jews..and…you shouldn’t be able to smell that stinky Camel smell any longer. Your Prayer rug will smell like your Jihadi Wife.